[WANTED] '64-'66 Barracuda Trunk Hinge

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Getting some unibody frame straightening done on the rear and trunk area and am in need of a trunk hinge in better than good condition. If you wobbles on its pin I don't need it, I already have one of those! Thanks
 
Just an FYI- I have been thru about 10 sets of hinges. The set I went with was from a 29,000 miles car. All loose. I tried to take a set and bushing them with a brass bushing (drilling out) and fabricating new pins. They would not work properly. There is a reason those are loose. The ones with 29k even rocked side to side BUT worked flawlessly. so I glass beaded and painted car color and ran with them.
 
Syleng1 said:
Just an FYI- I have been thru about 10 sets of hinges. The set I went with was from a 29,000 miles car. All loose. I tried to take a set and bushing them with a brass bushing (drilling out) and fabricating new pins. They would not work properly. There is a reason those are loose. The ones with 29k even rocked side to side BUT worked flawlessly. so I glass beaded and painted car color and ran with them.
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Thanks, yeah, I have one that is very tight and one really sloppy, enough so that it will pull in out about almost 1/4" and the body line tolerances are really tight as you know on the trunk.
 
I'll look around. I don't know what the origin of the trunk hinge problem is, mine were-one side broken and one side rusted solid. A failed design from the beginning for something that looks so simple, just like any other household door hinge. Weird.
 
I saw a retromod '65 around here that had some totally different hinges welded in permanently. Worked, but not adjustable or serviceable.
 
If you're so inclined Spring pin for trunk hinges 3/16" x 2-1/2"
 
rustyfish said:
Getting some unibody frame straightening done on the rear and trunk area and am in need of a trunk hinge in better than good condition. If you wobbles on its pin I don't need it, I already have one of those! Thanks
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checked and don’t have one.
 
I have rebuilt several of these. The guy I get the pin for charges me 25 bucks a pin. The pin is a touch larger than stock and I have done a few sets for others here in the past. I was getting 70 dollars and they paid shipping both ways.
 
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